Telecommunications enclosure system
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsBarry Wayne Allen, Erik David Bishop, Harry L. Vaswani
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses and methods for efficiently manufacturing telecommunications enclosure customized to meet customer needs. The system can include a terminal housing and port units bondable to the terminal housing.
Claims38
A method for manufacturing a telecommunications enclosure, the telecommunications enclosure including a terminal housing, the terminal housing including an opening surrounded by a first bonding interface, the method comprising:
- selecting a port unit from a plurality of port units, the port units of the plurality of port units each having an attachment plate including a second bonding interface that is compatible with the first bonding interface, the port units of the plurality of port units including a first port unit including a hardened fiber optic adapter and a second port unit including a cable securement location;
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- bonding the second bonding interface of the selected port unit to the first bonding interface using electromagnetic energy.
A method for manufacturing a telecommunications enclosure, the telecommunications enclosure including a terminal housing, the terminal housing including an opening surrounded by a first bonding interface, the method comprising:
- selecting a port unit from a plurality of port units, the port units of the plurality of port units each having an attachment plate including a second bonding interface that is compatible with the first bonding interface, the port units of the plurality of port units including a first port unit including a hardened fiber optic adapter and a second port unit including a cable securement location;
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- bonding the second bonding interface of the selected port unit to the first bonding interface;
- wherein the cable securement location includes a cable anchoring sleeve, a cable anchoring plug mounting at an outer end of the cable anchoring sleeve, wherein the cable anchoring plug including an extension that fits within the cable anchoring sleeve and an enlarged anchoring head having a shoulder that abuts against the outer end of the cable anchoring sleeve, the anchoring head defining a central passage for receiving an optical fiber of a fiber optic cable and the anchoring head also defining first and second cable strength member openings.
A method for manufacturing a telecommunications enclosure, the telecommunications enclosure including a terminal housing, the terminal housing including an opening surrounded by a first bonding interface, the method comprising:
- selecting a port unit from a plurality of port units, the port units of the plurality of port units each having an attachment plate including a second bonding interface that is compatible with the first bonding interface, the port units of the plurality of port units including a first port unit including a hardened fiber optic adapter and a second port unit including a cable securement location;
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- permanently bonding the second bonding interface of the selected port unit to the first bonding interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.